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Post by lp1guy on Aug 9, 2014 22:30:22 GMT -5
Hello!
I've recently moved back to Berks County, PA after being away for over 45 years and have become interested in the PaD language. We always said grace before eating and after grace was said, my Grandmother would always add something in PaD. I asked her what it meant and she said it meant, "Dig in boys" I will attempt to give a phonetic spelling of the words as I remember them, as she has been gone for many years. To me, it sounded like: Hoch (or haut) nie (with a long 'i' sound) bube. I've tried many different English to German and German to English translation website with no success. I've always been led to believe that PaD was a form of low German but with some kind of slang words thrown in. I've also heard that it was high German (or low) with modified English words, etc. The best example I can think of is Cajun French. Some words in common but a lot of slang or modified French words.
Thank you to anyone you can please help me, Mike
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Post by riggelweg on Sept 22, 2014 9:23:45 GMT -5
I am just trying to learn PA Dutch also. It is essentially the dialect of German spoken in the Palatinate in Germany. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatine_German_languageAs for your translation question, I can't say I know the answer. The last word is "Buwe," which is boys. "Bu" is the singular. Peter
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